Publ Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Afghanistan
Highest density in:
Afghanistan

Publ Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Publ Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Afghanistan101:3,215,31818,974
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Publ Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Publ Come From? nationality or country of origin

Publ occurs most in Afghanistan. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Publ? popularity and diffusion

The surname Publ is the 5,391,485th most commonly held surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Publ are found; 77 percent are found in South Asia and 77 percent are found in Islamic South Asia.

The last name is most commonly held in Afghanistan, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 3,215,318. In Afghanistan it is most common in: Takhar, where 90 percent live and Parwan, where 10 percent live. Aside from Afghanistan it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Taiwan, where 15 percent live and Thailand, where 8 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pubil8959/
Pubel8916/
Puble895/
Puebl891/
Pubill801,856/
Poubel801,449/
Paubel80535/
Peuble80147/
Poubil8035/
Pauble8020/
Putbil807/
Puebil802/
Paubhl801/
Peubel800/
Pobl7514/
Pibl7513/
Puvl752/
Poubill7316/
Poubell7315/
Pobel67527/
Poubelle67137/
Pibil6745/
Pibel6716/
Puwel6712/
Puwil678/
Pibyl678/
Pobyl677/
Piebl676/
Pobil675/
Poebl671/
Paubelle671/
Pauvl671/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Publ
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